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Word: awaying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This has been a constant source of astonishmen to Bunnie Hutchers. They never understood what strange enchantment drew people to Eliot and Lowell, and they never could detect the Leverett halitosis that seemed to drive freshmen away in flocks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Claims Good Staff, Beer Parties, and Vacancies | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

...grand, just so long as it's good and dirty. This time his target is Joseph Foster (Thomas Mitchell), a pious D.A. who is running for Governor. Beal engineers all sorts of deals to get Foster elected, but ruins his reputation as well. And of course Foster has signed away his soul (in writing, very legal), and only saves himself at the last moment by brandishing a Bible in front of Beal's flendish face...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

Dark Warehouses and Foggy Waterfronts fail to retrieve this film. Possibly Paramount signed away the soul of "Alies Nick Beal' as part of Milland's contract. If so, good riddance...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

...cannot legislate away discrimination," was the answer of Tech debaters Thomas Erber and David B. Kret. They based their point on the fact that discrimination is psychological, not openly rational...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debaters Bow to MIT On Civil Rights Issue | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

Norris had little trouble pulling away from the Eli distancemen, increasing his lead from five feet after 40 laps to six after 50 and 15 after 60 lengths in the 65 1/2 lap grind in the new Princeton pool. His time was 19:40.6, nearly seven seconds ahead of Estoclet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norris Wins Eastern League 1500-Meter Freestyle Crown | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

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